Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Of the Ringworld (and much smaller things)

Especially if you're one of them, here's a stunning short video I happened upon, inspired by early portions of -- by my colleague, Larry Niven -- the novel Ringworld. Seriously cool. (And if you haven't read Ringworld ... you should. It's won about every SF award there is.)

I hope there will be a Part 2.On a terrestrial scale, I was tickled to see my upcoming near-Earth technothriller, Energized, on io9's fairly exclusive list, All The Science Fiction and Fantasy Books We’re Dying to Read in 2012. It's not every day I get to rub (figurative) shoulders with Stephen King, Rob Sawyer, William Gibson, and the other luminaries on the list.

I earn my living from copyrighted material; IP piracy is literally a matter of my bread and butter. Hence, I'm no fan of pirate sites. I'm also no fan of censorship -- though the protests against SOPA, etc., struck me as overblown.

So: a post on this topic is a definite maybe. It's all up to my muse :-)

InterstellarNet: Enigma (I-Net #3)

Fleet of Worlds (FoW #1)

" ... Needs recommending within the science fiction community about as much as a new Harry Potter novel does – well, anywhere." —Locus

Juggler of Worlds (FoW #2)

“A snazzy thriller/mystery that keeps us (and our hero) guessing until the very end ... Wide screen galactic scope, nifty super-science, crafty aliens, corporate corruption and cover ups, and a multi-leveled spy vs. spy vs. spy mystery with little being as it first appears make Juggler of Worlds a first class exemplar of pure SF entertainment.” —SFsite

Fate of Worlds (FOW #5)

“Brings to a stunning close a multivolume saga that has captured the imaginations of a multitude of readers … a story that will attract attention from series fans as well as readers of hard sf.” — Library Journal

A Time Foreclosed

"A nice little foray into the paradoxes of time travel" — SFRevu

Energized

"A taut near-future thriller about an energy-starved Earth held hostage by a power-mad international cartel … Lerner’s vision of the future is both topical and possible in this crisp, fast-paced hard SF adventure.” —Publishers Weekly

ARMAGEDDON / PARADISE -- two books in one

"A romp through time and history ... an intriguing selection." — Bookloons

Small Miracles

"Suspense and action enough to fuel any thriller, and even to drive it to the big screen." —SFrevu

Fools' Experiments

“When the artificial intelligences ... go maverick, they turn out to be the true weapons of mass destruction. A fast, fun read.” — Sci Fi Weekly

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I'm a physicist and computer scientist (and an MBA, of less relevance to most of these posts). After thirty years in industry, as everything from individual technical contributor to senior vice president, I now write full-time. Mostly I write science fiction and techno-thrillers, now and again throwing in a straight science or technology article.